The Will of the People - The Legacy of George Mason, The George Mason Lecture Series (Hardcover, New)

George R. Johnson

Series: The George Mason Lecture Series, v. 6

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Americans are justly proud of their tradition of representative
government. In fact, America's is the longest continuous
representative government in existence. Ironically, it may be that,
because of the two hundred uninterrupted years of the republic's
existence, we take it for granted that we view its continuation as
guaranteed. Although our republic has endured for more than two
hundred years, it has not always existed in its present "form," it
has not always represented many people who now routinely view its
protections and guarantees as birthrights. The unlanded masses,
women, blacks and other minorities, all were for a great part of
our history not represented in the American body politic. Now all
of these groups, at least legally speaking, are full participants
in the body politic and in the public affairs of this country. This
volume examines the development of the American notion of popular
sovereignty from its colonial and revolutionary origins, from the
days of its severely restricted meaning through its progress toward
inclusion of more of "the people." Four distinguished commentators
examine the social and political developments that have accompanied
the growth and expansion of "the will of the people."